diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f3910a98b..53ce2aa44 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ $HeadURL: https://phpmyadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/phpmyadmin/trunk/phpMyA
 - bug #2363653 [properties] Various problems with table structure
 - bug [display] BIT field contents disappear when edited
 + [lang] Czech update, thanks to Ondřej Vadinský.
+- bug #2461735 [operations] Table operations adds "row_format"
 
 3.1.1.0 (2008-12-09)
 - patch #2242765 [core] Navi panel server links wrong,
diff --git a/tbl_operations.php b/tbl_operations.php
index b6dd060a0..5eb1daf7c 100644
--- a/tbl_operations.php
+++ b/tbl_operations.php
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ if (isset($_REQUEST['submitoptions'])) {
 
     if (($is_myisam_or_maria || $is_innodb || $is_pbxt)
       &&  ! empty($_REQUEST['new_row_format'])
-      && (! isset($row_format) || $_REQUEST['new_row_format'] !== $row_format)) {
+      && (! isset($row_format) || strtolower($_REQUEST['new_row_format']) !== strtolower($row_format))) {
         $table_alters[] = 'ROW_FORMAT = ' . PMA_sqlAddslashes($_REQUEST['new_row_format']);
     }